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2 police officers injured, suspect dead in Florida

Casselberry Police Chief Larry Krantz said two officers responded early Saturday to a reported disturbance at a home in the Orlando suburb

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Updated: 8:42 AM CST Feb 25, 2017

2 police officers injured, suspect dead in Florida

Casselberry Police Chief Larry Krantz said two officers responded early Saturday to a reported disturbance at a home in the Orlando suburb

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Updated: 8:42 AM CST Feb 25, 2017

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WEBVTT -- ROBERTLOWE IS LIVE.WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROMPOLICE.ROB: THE LATEST AS THE SUSPECTWAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE HOME.WE ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT IF ITWAS BECAUSE WITH ELECTED GUNSHOTWOUND OR IF HE WAS HIT BYPOLICE.VISIT YOU JUST JOINING US, IWANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHATHAPPENED.JUST BEFORE 4:00 THIS MORNINGTHE CASSELBERRY POLICEDEPARTMENT WAS RESPONDING IN ADOMESTIC DISPUTE.THIS WAS A MASSIVE POLICEPRESENCE.AS THEY WERE RESPONDING, THESUSPECT CAME OUT WITH A SHOTGUNAND HIT TWO CASSELBERRY POLICEDEPARTMENT OFFICERS.THOSE TWO SUFFERED NONLIFETHREATENING INJURIES AND WERETAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.JUST A MASSIVE PRESENCE, AND ALOT CENTRAL LAW-ENFORCEMENTAGENCIES RESPONDING.THE CHIEF JUST MOMENTS AGOCOMMENDING HOW WELL THEIROFFICERS RESPONDING TO THISCASE.SOME TELLING US AS MANY AS 50GUNSHOTS RANG OUT.LET'S LISTEN TO SOME OF THISWITNESS ACCOUNTS.>> I TRIED TALKING TO THE COPSJUST TO GET MYSELF TO FEELBETTER.OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE DOING THEIRJOB AND I WASN'T IN MY PLACE.THEY TRIED TELLING YOU WASCONTAINED AND I WANT TO BELIEVETHAT.BUT THAT I SEE THESE HELICOPTERSOUT HERE WHICH ARE VERYTERRIFYING WHEN THEY HAVE THEIRSPOTLIGHTS ON IT IS CONTAINED,WIRE THEIR SPOTLIGHTS THAT'S WHYARE THEIR SPOTLIGHTS?ROB: THEY EVACUATED THENEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY CLOSE BYWHERE THEY WERE BARRICADED INTHE HOUSE.THEY WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY SURE-- A NEARBY SCHOOL.BOTH OF THOSE OFFICERS SHOTSUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENINGGUNSHOT WOUNDS AND HAVE SINCEBEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.ALEX: THE MOMENT THAT STARTED,CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR US WHAT LEDTHESE OFFICERS TO ENCOUNTER THESUSPECT?ROB: THIS ALL BEGAN WITH ADOMESTIC DISPUTE, AND THAT'S WHYTHEY WERE GOING IN THE HOMEAFTER HEARING ABOUT THE DOMESTICDISPUTE.THOSE DETAILS IN TERMS OF WHATLED THEM INTO THE HOME, WE AREWORKING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.I CAN TELL YOU THE WIFE WAS NOTINSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME OFTHE SHOOTING.SHE IS NOW THE POLICEDEPARTMENT, BEING QUESTIONED.ALEX: YOU MENTIONED THESEOFFICERS DID NOT SUSTAINLIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.CAN YOU DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILTHE NATURE OF WHAT THEY DIDSUFFER, AND THE KIND OF GUN THATWAS USED?DALLAS POLICE CHIEF DESCRIBED IT-- HOW THE POLICE CHIEF DESCRIBEIT?ROB: ONCE THE SUSPECT STARTEDFIRING, THE OFFICERS HAD NOCHOICE BUT TO FIRE BACK TOENSURE THEIR SAFETY.THERE WERE A NUMBER OF GUNSHOTSFIRED.WITNESSES COUNTING MANY AS 50,RUNNING AWAY FROM THE AREABECAUSE IT WAS THAT FRIGHTENING.NO WORD YET AS TO WHAT EXACTLYLED TO THE EXCHANGE.ALEX: ROBERT, WE WILL CONTINUETO FOLLOW THIS AND WE KNOW YOU

2 police officers injured, suspect dead in Florida

Casselberry Police Chief Larry Krantz said two officers responded early Saturday to a reported disturbance at a home in the Orlando suburb

Casselberry Police Chief Larry Krantz told reporters the two officers responded early Saturday to a reported disturbance at a home in the Orlando suburb. When they arrived, the suspect came outside with a shotgun and fired. The officers returned fire.

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Krantz said the suspect went back inside his house, where he was later found dead. He said it is unclear if the officers shot the man or if he killed himself. His name has not been released.

The two officers were treated at a hospital for pellet wounds and released.

Neighbor Billy Raye Carson Jr. told the Orlando Sentinel that the gunman is an older man who didn't cause problems.